A1 July 3rd 2010

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LEAD Balloon Project

This was our first test balloon. It achieved a height of 97k feet and then stopped transmitting and has not yet been recovered.

Launch Location

Colebrook, Oh

Landing Location

Not recovered.

Weather Conditions

High of 83° mostly sunny nearly no wind.

Equipment

Aerial

Balloon

KCI 1200 from Kaymont.

Enclosure

Scavenged Styrofoam cooler.

Tracking

A Micro-Trak 300 from Byonics.

Imaging
Electronics

Weight

Cost

Ground

Tracking

Tracked over the APRS network.

Results

APRS track on aprs.fi: http://aprs.fi/?call=kb3tan-10&dt=1281225600&mt=roadmap&z=11&timerange=3600 (may not stay valid for more than a few days after the launch)

Images